Two men guilty of abusing Muslims at Army protest

TWO men who shouted abuse at Muslim protesters at a soldiers' homecoming parade have been found guilty of public order offences.

Bryan Kelso, 27, and Kevin Carroll, 40, were given conditional discharges at Luton Magistrates' Court for the offences at a parade to welcome home the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, known as the Poachers, in the town in March last year.

Angry scenes broke out at the parade after a group of Muslim activists waved placards with slogans including "Butchers of Basra" and "baby killers".

At the start of their trial in January, the court heard that both Kelso and Carroll were part of a hostile crowd who confronted the protesters.

They also sang a song with the words "bin Laden's mother is a whore", prosecutor Avirup Chaudhuri said previously.

CCTV footage showed them approaching the protesters aggressively and having to be pushed back by police.